Operation Dragoon

It is about another 3 days to the V-SPM Day or D-SPM Day..I hope V,signed for Victory.I hope it will be the grand finale for my effort..err,little effort that I have been shown 3 months ago..OK,I have promised to post 2 more major Western Allies operation against the Germans at Western Front right,so I will post the Operation Dragoon.

1.Operation Dragoon was launched on 15th August 1944,it was the continual of Operation Overlord,the landing at Normandy,and it was to push the Germans from the Low Land Countries since the French have been freed from their might of power..

2.It was conducted by the US 7th Army and the French 1st Army and the Overlord forces..

3.Both armies landed on the French Revieria where the Germans have only 4 divisions to oppose them..

4.Let see the allies movement during the operation..

a)US 7th Army:Drove Alps and took Grenoble..

b)1st French ArmyTook Marseille on 23rd August 1944 and advanced eastward through France up to Rhone Valley..

*At Rhone Valley,both US and French rejoined at Lyon and swiftly march northeastward into Alsace..

c)Montgomery 2nd Army:Entered Brussels on 3rd September 1944,took Antwerp on 4th September 1944 and crossed Albert Canal on 7th September 1944..

d)US 1st Army:Taken Namur and nearing Aachen to support Montgomery's 2nd Army..

e)Patton's 3rd Army:Captured Verdun on 31st August 1944,crossed Mossele near Metz on 5th September 1944..

5.Thats all folks,tomorrow I will post the 3rd operation conducted by the western allies at western front,the Market Garden..